A handball match in Tunisia was delayed as four players were infected by the influenza A/H1N1, national radio reported on Saturday.

A handball match between Carthage and Saydia Sports scheduled today was postponed following the contamination of Saydia Sports' four players by A/H1N1 virus, the report said.

The country's Handball Federation will set a new date later, it added.

Tunisia reported five deaths caused by A/H1N1 and more than thousand of infected people.

The government provided 100,000 vaccines available in the country's pharmacies. It opened 368 centers offering free vaccination.

(Xinhua News Agency December 13, 2009)